British Rapidplay Championship 2025
Endorsed by the British Isles Coordinating
Committee
Supported by the English Chess Federation and
the Chess Trust
Saturday
1st and Sunday 2nd March
Holiday Inn Peterborough – West,
Thorpe Wood, Peterborough, PE3 6SG
Hotel website
One
FIDE Rated OPEN Section
Prize fund at least £5,500
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Pairings & Results:
OPEN
(One FIDE Rated
Section)
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Prizewinners
Open: 1st £1,200; 2nd £800; 3rd
£500; 4th £300; 5th £200; 6th £100
Women: 1st £600; 2nd £400; 3rd
£250; 4th £150
Best performance: £200 x 5
Discounts & Conditions: GMs/WGMs and
IMs/WIMs free, FMs, WFMs half price. GMs/WGMs
may apply for free B&B accommodation.
The winner will be awarded the
title of British Rapidplay Champion 2025.
The highest-placed female player
will be awarded the title of British Women’s
Rapidplay Champion 2025.
No player may win more than one
prize. All place prize money will be shared
equally between players tied on the same number
of points apart from the first place prize (see
‘British Rapidplay Championship Tie-Breaks’
document).
The method for allocating best
performance prizes can be found in the
Terms and
Conditions.
£30.00 | Entries may be accepted
on the day subject to availability and payment
of a £10 surcharge.
Only players who fulfil at least one of the
following criteria shall have the right of entry
to the British Rapidplay Championship:
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British citizenship;
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British Overseas Territories citizenship;
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Citizenship of Ireland;
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Not less than one year’s continuous ordinary
residence in the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland ending on 30th
June in the calendar year of the British
Rapidplay Championship in question;
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Not less than one year’s continuous ordinary
residence in Ireland ending on 30th June in
the calendar year of the British Rapidplay
Championship in question;
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Not less than one year’s continuous ordinary
residence in the Channel Islands ending on
30th June in the calendar year of the
British Rapidplay Championship in question;
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Not less than one year’s continuous ordinary
residence in the Isle of Man ending on 30th
June in the calendar year of the British
Rapidplay Championship in question.
Players must also be members of a national
federation that is a signatory to the British
Isles Coordinating Committee agreement (‘BICC
federation’). **
All players registered with FIDE as ENG are
required to be ECF members at Gold level or
above.
All players who do not want to be registered
with FIDE as ENG must be registered with another
federation BEFORE playing.
Players registered with FIDE as RUS or BLR
are not eligible to participate.
** BICC federations: English Chess
Federation, Chess Scotland, Welsh Chess Union,
Irish Chess Union, Ulster Chess Union, Jersey
Chess Federation, Guernsey Chess Federation,
Isle of Man Chess Association
Round |
1 |
Saturday |
12.30 |
Round |
2 |
Saturday |
13.45 |
Round |
3 |
Saturday |
15.00 |
Round |
4 |
Saturday |
16.15 |
Round |
5 |
Saturday |
17.30 |
Round |
6 |
Saturday |
18.45 |
Round |
7 |
Sunday |
10.00 |
Round |
8 |
Sunday |
11.15 |
Round |
9 |
Sunday |
12.30 |
Round |
10 |
Sunday |
13.45 |
Round |
11 |
Sunday |
15.00 |
Players may take zero point byes
at any point.
All moves in 15 minutes plus 10 second
increment per move from move 1.
Players will have until their time expires to
arrive to play their game. There will be no
re-pairings.
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Holiday Inn
Peterborough – West |
The higher of the ECF and FIDE rapidplay
ratings from the March 2025 lists will be used.
For players with neither an ECF nor FIDE
rapidplay rating from the March 2025 list, the
higher of the ECF and FIDE standardplay ratings
from the March 2025 lists will be used. Players
with ratings from a BICC federation other than
the ECF should indicate on the online entry form
if they wish those ratings to be used in
preference to ECF ratings.
For players with no BICC federation rating
the organiser will assign an estimated rating
for the purpose of pairing, prize allocation and
the calculation of other players' TPR in the
event of a play-off for the Championship title.
The British Rapidplay Championship will be both
FIDE and ECF rated.
See ‘British Rapidplay Championship
Tie-Breaks’ document for play-off rules.
Prizes may be changed subject to numbers of
entries.
All pairings will be made using Swiss-Manager
FIDE Swiss pairing rules.
The submission of an entry form and payment
of the entry fee denotes acceptance that the
4NCL’s decision is final in all matters.
The 4NCL reserves the right to refuse any
entry without explanation.
The following discounted rates have been
negotiated with
Holiday Inn Peterborough – West:
BB (£89 single)
BB (£99 twin/double)
Players staying over on the Sunday night
after the Championship will get a £10 discount.
There will be a £15.95 buffet open on the
Saturday evening. All players are welcome to
attend, whether or not they have booked
accommodation at the hotel.
Players wanting accommodation should either:
- Email the hotel on , using the code ‘4NCL CHESS’;
- Call the hotel on 01733 289900
between 9am and 5pm, again using the code
‘4NCL CHESS’;
Please note that our bedroom
allocation will be released four weeks before
the event, after which rooms may not be
available at the agreed 4NCL rates - so players
wanting accommodation on site are advised to
enter early.
Holiday Inn Peterborough – West
The 4NCL accepts no
responsibility for any damage, theft or accident
to the person or property of anyone attending
this event.
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